Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-02-19

of her house until her repeated drub-
bings wore il away, and she fell thro'
into the cellar. My sympathies are
with this species of woman, in an off.
hand way, l think of how she must
feel when she remembers that after
all her lifelong conflict with that ele-
ment, she will have to lay down in it
at last. My dreamy partner talks
like this about it:
Graded in dust, the just and unjust,
Whatever the tribute they bring,
Whether rich or poor, honored, OBJ
scure,
IT'S soon-forgotten thing.
Nursing them all on her bosom again
Her children of human birth;
A mother who has no favorites,
Is our common Mother Earth.
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l oughtn't to spoil any sentiment
that may lay in ambush for you in
that rhyme, I've done the best | could
toward not, by putting in a division
of" stars" 1 guess they have some
other mechanical name for them in
the printing Office; there's no poetry
there, even though the waste basket
may be tipping over with it, which
is not so anomalous as it looks at first
sight. Do you follow me? Come on
then. The subject brings me to think
ing of a letter from Egypt in which
the writer says that the remains of
mumnies were SO numerous in the
valley bordering the Nile, that the
natives disinterred, carried them to
their lands, and used them as fertili-
Zers. 1t is safe to say those thrifty
people are not dyspeptic, but if there
is anything in the Law of retaliation
they will be. There are other re-
markable statements in this letter,
but as its author is young Naval
Officer, of the ship Essex, enroute
thro' the Suez Canal, and supposed
to be man ofsome responsibility"
i submit his statements without en-
dorsing them personally. In speak
ing of the Boolak " Museum, Cairo,
and the Royal Mummies it contains,
he says: " Ranged according to fami-
lies and dynasties can be seen row
after row of these royal persOnages.
There is little difference in their fun
eral outfits, but there is vast differ
ence in the expression and appear
ance of the mummies themselves, for
so perfect were the ancients in the
art of preservation by embalming
that ones features are as we'll marked
as on the day that he died." Then
he talks of " Preserved Pharaoh" [
take it most of you are curious to
know something about the looks of
this distinguished and important an
cient whose remains must be about
5000 years of age. | was, and so [
read carefully when he said, 81 was
interested in Rameses 1st, the great
Pharaoh of Biblical fame who made
it so uncomfortable for Moses. There
he is in perfect state Of preserva-
ton, more like one asleep than a
body that has been dead for thirty
centuries, and one can form an ex-
cellent idea of what he was like
when alive. He was a man of about
five feet ten inches in height, command
ing figure, broad shouldered, large we'll
shaped head, bald, with a fringe of light
curly hair, large mouth, with regular
white teeth, straight nose, and with an ex-
preston of great determination stamped
upon his features" l wouldn't wonder
if the ancient handn' t been revivified in
wax. Imported mummies such as are
on exhibit in the U. S. must be those
who belonged to the g fertilizer class.
They've never struck me as being dis
tinguished looking or describable. Con-
sidering the natural shrink-age of Pha-
raoh one can imagine the giant that
Moses had to face. Just now while the
Mormon question has some precedence,
a description of Solomon would be in
teresting. He says too that the SEQ
vile Manufacturing Company, of New
York, he was told, made better Egyptian
curios than you could buy in Cairo
Those who have any knowledge OF
Yankee land, will not doubt this very
seriously. Take it all in all, there is
nothing more doubtable in the letter
than the assertion made by DIR. DcHasse
in his interesting lectures given here
some years ago, in which he stated that
among the rock hewn dwellings of stone
there was water still standing in the
; bath tubs presumably petrified, or per
hans embalmed. He neglected to g
into details, and didn't ask any CUES
tons don't like to be embarrassed
myself with awkward questions.
So
The concert given by Madame Fry ant
her daughters, was excellent. The.
, PLAYED to a full house, and the HON
public who were interested in seeing
a success, return thanks to those who S
generously gave it their patronage.
The Senatorial crown is still suspend
ed in tormenting indefiniteness, wit
the democratic chances pointing strongl
toward its falling in Martinsburg.
Mr.. Jno. Fellars is about enlarging an
remodeling Fellars Hall in order to max
it of more and better accommodation as
: stage room and pleasanter seating az
5 commodations. This is what should hay
I been done some years ago.
The Mechanics Band Fair is being hel
there. and will continue throughout til
: coming week. They have number
I fine articles, and all the concomitants
the shape of refreshments, as we'll ;
choice music every evening. They gay
e the town generous serenade on Thur
:, How aveninC. This Band never appe;